The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of which to their own profession they, by a certain instinct, seem always to have perceived.
In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch o… - Henry Thomas Buckle
In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch o…
- Henry Thomas Buckle
When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap… - Henry Thomas Buckle
When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap…
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. - Henry Thomas Buckle
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.
He who knows most believes the least. - Henry Thomas Buckle
He who knows most believes the least.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it. - Henry Thomas Buckle
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some of the most beau… - Henry Thomas Buckle
That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some of the most beau…
First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers. - Henry Thomas Buckle
First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers.
The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are p… - Henry Thomas Buckle
The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are p…
Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon. - Henry Thomas Buckle
Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.
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